In 2010 the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) was passed. All Corrections Officers had to go through initial training and then a few hours a year on PREA since about keeping inmates safe. MN DOC standards says male and female inmates are to be housed out of sight and sound of each other.
Now along comes the policy of housing male (trans) inmates with women. This creates an unsafe environment for female inmates and a legal nightmare for Corrections Officers. If you keep female inmates safe you may be accused of violating Trans rights, if you don't you've violated PREA with very severe penalties.
The Iowa Standard has a good article about this current state of affairs in Minnesota.
Report: Female Inmates 'Traumatized' In Wake of Walz's Trans Prison Policy
